Irene Mawer: Mime and Movement
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Derby Evening Telegraph 19 September 1935 PLAY AND MUSIC SCHOOLS: Festival plans in Derbyshire The Derbyshire Rural Community Council Drama Committee issued a bulletin giving details of their winter programme. This included a festival of one-act plays, drama and music schools, and a play writing competition. These events ranged over
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Southend Standard 18 July 1935 This news clipping talks about ‘Highlands’ which was confusing to me, as the Highlands generally means Scotland. However, in this case, given that there is mention of Hadleigh, plus the newspaper being called the Southend Standard, I would think this is Hadleigh in South Suffolk.
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Bath and Wilts Chronicle 29 June 1935 The sole purpose of this tiny clipping is to inform the good people of Bath that before the commencement of their next Council meeting, there will be a lecture-demonstration of mime! Is this the local Council? As in local government? What a strange
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Bromley Mercury, Kent 28 June 1935 CHILDREN’S HEART HOSPITAL. Fete Opened By Lady Carey-Evans This long newspaper article describes an English garden party which, when run on a commercial basis, is known as a fete. Garden fete’s are a regular occurrence in England, where there is a massive reliance on
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Edinburgh Evening Dispatch, and, Edinburgh Evening News 24 May 1935 EDINBURGH PLAYGOERS’ CIRCLE Among Irene Mawer’s collection of news clippings relating to the Institute of Mime, are these two (pictured) which feature the Edinburgh Playgoers’ Circle. Both clippings simply state that the first annual general meeting has taken place and
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